Older adults and the health transition in agincourt, rural South Africa: New understanding, growing complexity

Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for Furthering Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 166-188

  Kahn, Kathleen ^a,b   Tollman, Stephen ^b   Thorogood, Margaret ^c   Connor, Myles ^d   Garenne, Michel ^b,e   Collinson, Mark ^b   Hundt, Gillian ^c  

^a School of Public Health   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Research Institute for Development   (France)

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EID: 84988640513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/11708     Document Type: Chapter

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